MEMBRANE BIO-REACTOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY (MBR)

1. Operating principle

• Membrane bioreactor is advanced wastewater technology using biological methods combined biomass separation technique using membranes MF / UF membranes with a pore size ranging from 0,1-0,4μm.
• Biological processes can be combined anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic (AAO, AO) depending on the required treatment or processing of organic matter thoroughly both nutrients (N, P).

2. Advantages's use membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment technology

• Membrane bioreactor technology works with long SRT (sludge retention time), high MLSS and low ratio of F/M
• Quality of treated water does not depend on sludge deposition
• MBR has higher nitrification compared with conventional activated sludge process, because it takes bacteria longer time to conduct nitrification (SRT length, F / M Low)
• The size of sludge cotton in the MBR sludge is small, allowing more metabolism of nutrients and oxygen.
• The presence of the membranes in an MBR prevent leaching nitrifying microorganisms at short SRT and HRT 
• MBR generates less sludge
• MBR process can treat higher polution load (from 2.5 to 3 times higher than polution load of CAS)
• Reduce footprint of the whole system 50% compared to conventional processes, Eleminate many steps of CAS process such as: secondary settlement, concentrated sludge, or other measures to remove more thoroughly BOD, SS
• Treatment efficiency of microorganisms is very high, minimize the risks of infection, do not use disinfection chemicals
• Less energy consumption
• Excellent effluent quality, water after MBR process can be reused for many purposes such as irrigation, clean floor, toilet, etc
• MBR has absolute advantage compared to other solutions in term of footprint.

3. Disadvantages's use MBR wastewater treatment technology 

• Higher initial investment and operating cost if membrane's quality is not good which causes membrane fouling & clogging
• Operation is complicated in term of cleaning membrane, require skilled operator to operate the system if membrane does not apply automatic cleaning (both by aeration or by chemical liquid)

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